US History Chapter 1 and 2 Quiz

A key feature in Cahokia

Spanish estates that used forced Indian labor

Tracing one’s family line through the female side

The spectacular Aztec city

The first Europeans to reach North America

#1 killer of Native Americans in age of exploration

The removal of all Moors and Jews from Spain

Conquered the Incas

Term for racial hierarchy being based on “blood purity”

First European nation to use African slaves for labor

This brought wealth, power, and knowledge to Europe

Despised native translator who helped Hernan Cortez gather military intelligence on the Aztecs

Planting corn, beans, and squash together

Poor Indian visited by the Virgin Mary

Term for Iberian born Spaniards

New World’s first major European plantation crop

Helped produce the caravel for open ocean exploration

“miracle” New World plant that impacted Europe (Columbian Exchange)

a factor in determining slave status among Natives

Communicating using string knots

The primary Dutch colony in North America

Term for the offspring of French and Indian couples

The first English settlers in New England

Urged the English to colonize the New World

First permanent North American English settlement

Native Americans initially allied with the Dutch

Associated with the Great Migration

Split New World between Spain and Portugal

The founder of New France

The crop that helped “save” Jamestown

A financial innovation to fund English exploration

Used by the French to exchange with beaver pelts

The first permanent European settlement in the SW

Fabled waterway Asia through North America

Native Americans who interacted with Jamestown

Defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588

the location with the largest slave population

English pirates that raided Spanish ships in the 1500’s

cross-cultural interactions and negotiations space

The nation tagged with the “Black Legend” label